Questions & Answers
Browse all 25 questions from the
Milestones in Photographic History study set below.
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1
What is considered the earliest surviving permanent photograph, taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827?
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A
View from the Window at Le Gras
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B
Boulevard du Temple
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C
The Pencil of Nature
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D
Self-Portrait as a Drowned Man
2
Which 1839 process, invented by Louis Daguerre, used silver-plated copper sheets sensitized with iodine vapor?
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A
Calotype
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B
Daguerreotype
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C
Wet Collodion
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D
Tintype
3
Who is credited with inventing the 'calotype' process in 1841, which allowed for the creation of multiple paper prints from a single negative?
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A
William Henry Fox Talbot
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B
John Herschel
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C
Frederick Scott Archer
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D
Hippolyte Bayard
4
What was the first commercial 'dry plate' process introduced in 1871, significantly increasing the convenience of photography?
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A
Gelatin silver process
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B
Albumen print
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C
Cyanotype
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D
Ambrotype
5
In 1861, James Clerk Maxwell demonstrated the first durable color photograph using which color separation method?
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A
Additive color
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B
Subtractive color
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C
Polarized film
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D
Chromogenic process
6
Which invention by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851 provided high detail and short exposure times but required the plate to be developed while wet?
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A
Wet collodion process
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B
Autochrome
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C
Daguerreotype
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D
Carbon print
7
What was the world's first mass-marketed roll-film camera, introduced by George Eastman in 1888?
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A
Leica I
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B
Kodak No. 1
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C
Brownie
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D
Polaroid Land Camera
8
In what year was the first photograph of the human moon landing captured, specifically referring to the first image taken from the lunar surface?
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A
1965
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B
1969
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C
1971
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D
1972
9
The first practical color photography process, commercially available in 1907, was known as what?
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A
Kodachrome
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B
Autochrome Lumière
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C
Technicolor
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D
Dye-transfer
10
Who took the first photograph of a person, 'Boulevard du Temple,' in 1838 by utilizing a long exposure that excluded moving traffic?
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A
Louis Daguerre
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B
Nicéphore Niépce
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C
Samuel Morse
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D
Thomas Edison
11
What was the primary chemical component used in the invention of 'cyanotype' photography, first described in 1842 by John Herschel?
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A
Iron salts
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B
Silver nitrate
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C
Potassium dichromate
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D
Copper sulfate
12
The first digital camera, built in 1975 by Steven Sasson, was developed while he was working at which corporation?
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A
Kodak
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B
Sony
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C
Canon
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D
Nikon
13
Which female photographer is credited with creating the first book illustrated entirely with photographs, 'Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions' (1843)?
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A
Julia Margaret Cameron
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B
Anna Atkins
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C
Dorothea Lange
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D
Margaret Bourke-White
14
What type of camera, patented by Edwin Land in 1947, allowed for the development of a photograph in under one minute?
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A
Instant camera
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B
Rangefinder
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C
Twin-lens reflex
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D
Single-lens reflex
15
The 'first light' photograph (the first image ever captured of a human face) is widely attributed to whom?
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A
John William Draper
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B
Robert Cornelius
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C
Mathew Brady
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D
Timothy O'Sullivan
16
Which 1935 innovation marked the first commercially successful color film for still photography?
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A
Kodachrome
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B
Agfacolor
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C
Fujichrome
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D
Ektachrome
17
What was the name of the first commercially available 35mm camera, introduced in 1925?
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A
Leica I
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B
Contax I
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C
Canon Hansa
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D
Nikon M
18
In 1858, Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (Nadar) achieved what first in the history of photography?
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A
First aerial photograph
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B
First underwater photograph
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C
First X-ray photograph
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D
First microphotography
19
Who is credited with taking the first known photograph of lightning in 1882?
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A
William Jennings
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B
George Shiras III
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C
Louis Daguerre
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D
Eadweard Muybridge
20
What 1878 sequence of photographs proved that all four of a horse's hooves leave the ground at a gallop?
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A
The Horse in Motion
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B
Animal Locomotion
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C
Studies in Motion
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D
Galloping Equine
21
The 'first digital image' created via a scanner (the 'pre-digital camera' era) in 1957 was a photo of what?
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A
The inventor's son
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B
A mountain range
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C
A cat
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D
The moon
22
Which method was used to create the first photograph of the Earth taken from space in 1946 using a V-2 rocket?
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A
35mm motion picture camera
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B
Large format plate camera
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C
Daguerreotype
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D
Polaroid back
23
The first photograph showing the 'camera obscura' phenomenon, which is the basis for all cameras, was recorded in what ancient text?
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A
The Mozi
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B
The Bible
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C
The Republic
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D
The Iliad
24
What was the first mass-produced camera targeted at children, released by Eastman Kodak in 1900?
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A
Brownie
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B
Instamatic
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C
Disc Camera
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D
Box Tengor
25
The first 'flash' photography was performed by Henry Fox Talbot in 1851 using which substance to create a high-speed burst?
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A
Electric spark
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B
Magnesium powder
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C
Gunpowder
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D
Flashbulb
